Pitta Pacifying Foods

Fruits

Favor	Avoid
Apples (sweet) Applesauce Apricots (sweet) Berries (sweet) Cherries (sweet) Coconut Dates Figs Grapes (red, purple, black) Limes Mangos (ripe) Melons Oranges (sweet) Papaya Pears Pineapple (sweet) Plums (sweet) Pomegranates Prunes Raisins Strawberries Watermelon	Apples (sour) Apricots (sour) Bananas Berries (sour) Cherries (sour) Cranberries Grapefruit Grapes (green) Kiwi Lemons Mangos (green) Oranges (sour) Peaches Persimmons Pineapple (sour) Plums (sour) Tamarind

 

Vegetables

Favor

Avoid

Avocado Artichoke Asparagus Beets (cooked) Bell Peppers Bitter Melon Broccoli Brussels Sprouts Burdock Root Cabbage Carrots (cooked) Cauliflower Celery Cilantro Collard Greens Cucumber Dandelion Greens Green Beans Jerusalem Artichoke Kale Leafy Greens Leeks (cooked) Lettuce Mushrooms Okra Olives (black) Onions (cooked) Parsley Parsnips Peas Peppers (sweet) Potatoes Pumpkin Radishes (cooked) Rutabaga Spaghetti Squash Sprouts (not spicy) Squash, Summer Squash, Winter Spinach (raw) Sweet Potatoes Watercress Wheat Grass Zucchini

Beet Greens Beets (raw) Corn (fresh) Daikon Radish Eggplant Garlic Green Chilies Horseradish Kohlrabi Leeks (raw) Mustard Greens Olives, green Onions (raw) Peppers (hot) Radishes (raw) Spinach (cooked) Tomatoes Turnip greens Turnips

 

Grains

Favor	Avoid
Amaranth Barley Couscous Crackers Durham Flour Granola Oat Bran Oats Pasta Quinoa Rice (basmati, white, wild) Rice Cakes Seitan Spelt Sprouted Wheat Bread Tapioca Wheat Wheat Bran	Buckwheat Cereal Corn Millet Muesli Pancakes Polenta Rice (brown) Rye Yeasted Bread

 

Legumes

Favor	Avoid
Adzuki Beans Black Beans Black-Eyed Peas Garbanzo Beans (Chickpeas) Kidney Beans Lentils Lima Beans Mung Beans Mung Dal Navy Beans Pinto Beans Split Peas Tempeh Tofu White Beans	Miso Soya Beans Soya Cheese Soya Flour Soya Meats Soya Milk Soya Powder Soya Sauce Urad Dal

 

Dairy

Favor	Avoid
Butter (unsalted) Cheese (soft, unsalted, not aged) Cottage Cheese Ghee Goat’s Milk Goat’s Cheese (soft, unsalted) Yogurt (homemade, diluted, without fruit)	Butter (salted) Buttermilk Cheese (hard) Cow’s Milk Frozen Yogurt Ice Cream Sour Cream Yogurt (store bought, or with fruit)

 

Nuts & Seeds

Favor	Avoid
Almonds (soaked and peeled) Charoli Nuts Coconut Flax Seeds Popcorn (buttered, without salt) Pumpkin Seeds Sunflower Seeds	Almonds (with skin) Brazil Nuts Cashews Chia Seeds Filberts Macadamia Nuts Peanuts Pecans Pine Nuts Pistachios Sesame Seeds Tahini Walnut

 

Meat & Eggs

Favor	Avoid
Chicken (white) Eggs (white only) Fish (freshwater) Rabbit Shrimp Turkey (white) Venison	Beef Chicken (dark) Duck Eggs (yolk) Fish (saltwater) Lamb Pork Salmon Sardines Seafood Tuna Fish Turkey (dark)

 

Oils

Favor	Avoid
Coconut Oil Flax Seed Oil Ghee Olive Oil Primrose Oil Sunflower Oil Walnut Oil	Almond Oil Apricot Oil Corn Oil Safflower Oil Sesame Oil Soya Oil

 

Sweeteners

Favor	Avoid
Barley Malt Date Sugar Fructose Stevia and other Sugar substitutes Maple Syrup Rice Syrup Sucanat Turbinado	Honey Jaggary Molasses White Sugar

 

Spices

Favor	Avoid
Basil (fresh) Black Pepper (small amounts) Cardamom Cinnamon (small amounts) Coriander (seeds or powder) Cumin (seeds or powder) Dill Fennel Ginger (fresh) Himalayan / Pink Salt Mint Neem Leaves Orange Peel Parsley Peppermint Saffron Spearmint Tarragon Turmeric Vanilla Wintergreen	Ajwain Anise Basil (dry) Bay Leaf Caraway Cayenne Cloves Fenugreek Garlic Ginger (dry) Hing (Asafoetida) Mace Marjoram Mustard Seeds Nutmeg Oregano Paprika Pippali Poppy Seeds Rosemary Sage Savory Thyme Trikatu